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Turnpike, Interstate 95 Aliases Honor Presidents, Businessman

Readers: Many of the region’s well-known roads and highways have honorary names, some more obscure than others. A number of them have more than one designation. The state’s two major north-south expressways, Florida’s Turnpike and Interstate 95, are well-known, but they also go by other names. Here’s a list, courtesy of the Florida Department of Transportation and local historical scholars and archives:

Ronald Reagan Turnpike (Florida’s Turnpike, entire length): Legislators renamed the highway for the 40th president, then took some heat for snubbing Florida legends. Legislators later decreed that the name change was only honorary and the turnpike would officially keep its earlier name as Florida’s Turnpike. (May 22, 1998)
Charles B. Costar Sr. Turnpike Plaza (Florida’s Turnpike, West Palm Beach): In 1953, the South Florida businessman led a group of residents who lobbied state officials to create the turnpike, Florida’s first toll road. (June 11, 1999)

Eisenhower Memorial Highway (I-95 – also known as State Road 9 throughout Palm Beach County): In 1919, Ike, then an Army captain, was assigned to take a convoy from coast to coast on existing roads to test the country’s mobility. It took 50 days. Later, as president, he pushed through the 40,000-mile Interstate Highway system. (1970)